Coeur d'Alene's urban renewal agency, which operates as ignite cda, has issued a request for development proposals for land it owns in the city's Midtown corridor. Located at 813 to 823 N. Fourth, the property totals 23,000 square feet-or a half-

Pacific Northwest Print & Fulfillment Inc., of Spokane Valley, has moved into 15,300 square feet of leased space in the Bielec Industrial Park, at 18001 E. Euclid, to accommodate substantial business growth, says Chris Ballard, the company's president a

Spokane real estate development company Black Realty Inc. is planning a residential development with 580 planned living units at the former Painted Hills Golf Course site at 4403 S. Dishman–Mica Road. Bryan Walker, development project manager with Blac

West Star Industries, a Hayden-based maker of commercial stainless steel food-service products and equipment, plans to build a $5.6 million manufacturing plant in Hayden, a building permit application on file with the North Idaho city shows. Michelle Foc

Canada-based HiTest Sand Inc. has bought 186 acres of land south of Newport, Wash., and started the application process for necessary permits to build a $325 million silicon smelter there, says Gregg Dohrn, who's working as the HiTest project manager fo

Spokane Valley-based Incyte Diagnostics has agreed to acquire Pendleton, Ore.-based Blue Mountain Pathology, says Incyte CEO Tom Rehwald. The two pathology practices signed a letter of intent to combine in early August, and Incyte is aiming for a Jan. 1

Pita Pit USA, the Coeur d'Alene-based chain that now includes more than 240 restaurants throughout the U.S, has recognized Erik Morris, of Coeur d'Alene, as its franchisee of the year. Morris, who received the honor at Pita Pit's annual national c

Spokane Valley-based Inland Pacific Trailer Service & Repair LLC has spun off from Inland Pacific Trailer Sales Inc. to become its own corporation, says Steven Hanning, one of the three owners of the spinoff company. Inland Pacific Trailer Service & Repa

Insurance broker Vays Sarwar has opened the first Brightway Insurance franchise agency in Washington state here. Called Brightway, The Sarwar Agency, the office is located in a 1,000-square-foot space at 2901 N. Argonne Road, Ste. 3, in Spokane Valley,